Improvement in ironing-boards



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BENJAMIN F. sTEIoKLER, oF FEOEIA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,777, dated July 7,1874; application led April 13, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l', BENJAMIN F. S'rRIoK- LER, of the city of Peoria, inthe county of Peoria and in the State of Illinois, have invented anImprovement in Ironing-Boards 5 and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, rei'- erence being hadto the annexed drawings making a part ot' this specification, in whichlike letters of reference .refer to like parts, and in which- Figure lrepresents a longitudinal elevation ot' the ironing-board as clamped toa table; Fig. 2, view of the under surface of the board with the legsdrawn out; Fig. 3, perspective view ot' the turn-table with part ot' theboard broken away to exhibit the former.

This invention consists in pivoting the ironin g-board upon an attachedturntable beneath the board, by which it is attached or clamped to theedge of a table or other support.

One of the forms in which I construct this invention is as follows, andas illustrated by the drawings, where- A represents a table; B, theironing-board, provided with a metal turn-table, a, pivoted flat uponthe under surface of the same by a pin, b, and having two screw-clamps,d d, projecting at right angles downward from one edge, and by which thewhole is attached to a table. Opposite these, at the other side of saidturntable, are two standards, or short legs, e e, of

the same length as, and parallel with, the base stems of the clamps d d.On the end of the board is a third clamp, f, used to confine the same tothe turn-table after the latter is set in the required position forironing.

The operation of this ironing-board is apparent. The board B is attachedto the edge ot' a table, A, or other convenient place, by plac- Theboard cannow be swung round toany desired position.

That I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with theironing-board B provided with pivot b and clamp j', of the turn-table a,provided with the standards e e and clamps cl d, as and for the purposesspecified.

2. The ironing-board B and turn-table a, constructed as desori bed, andprovid ed with the standards e e and clamps d d, in combination with thetable A, as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing ironing-board I have hereuntoset my hand this 4th day of April, 1874.

BENJAMIN F. STRICKLER.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WELLS, JAMES M. MORSE.

